Students take to streets to join union protests, burn cars.
Many flights from several airports across France are expected to be canceled Tuesday as a result of nationwide strikes that have disrupted fuel supplies and transportation.
Ten of 200 fuel terminals were blocked Monday by protesters opposed to a government cost-saving measure that would raise retirement age from 60 to 62. French unions had said that production has stopped at 12 of the nation’s refineries.
About 1,000 gas stations in France have are out of fuel because strikers had blocked access to oil refineries and depots.
Progress in the climate change summit in Copenhagen was in jeopardy Wednesday night with complex negotiations falling 18 hours behind schedule over failure to overcome disagreements on how to combat global warming. Outside the conference, police clashed with protesters, who broke through a security cordon in a failed to break in to the conference center. Climate secretary, Ed Miliband, warned of a “farce”.
